Neckband for shirts



june 3 1924.

J. H. RYAN NECKBAND FOR SHIRTS Filed Feb. 2e, 1923 Patented June 3, 1924,

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JAMES HENRY RYAN', 0F MCADOO, PENNSYLVANIA.

NECKBAND FOR SHIRTS.

Application filed February 26, 1923. Serial No. 621,369.

This invention relates to shirts, and hasV reference more particularly to neck bands for shirts. Y

It 1s a common complaint among many men wearing the ordinary coat shirts, as the front opening shirts are commonly called, that the collar or neckbands are either too tight or the reverse. i f

It is therefore desirable that a shirt should be provided with some means for overcoming such objections as has just been'pointed out.

An important object of the present invention is to provide-a neck band for shirts having means at one end for adjusting the size of the same. Y

Another object is to provide a construction for shirts in which the neck band may easily and readily be adapted to fractional sizes of collars without altering or affecting the fit of the shirt, so that a single shirt may be manufactured and sold for different size collars, and when desired may be adjusted to suit the neck of the wearer.

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide a neckband of the character described, which is neat in appearance, desirable in use, cheap to manufacture, and comfortable to wear.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, or arrangement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a shirt with my invention applied,

Figure 2 is an enlarged elevation showing one use of the device,

Figure 3 is a sectional view showing such use,

Figure 4 is an enlarged elevationshowing another use.

Figure 5 is a sectional view showing use as in Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a vertical section 0n line 6-6 of Figure 3. n

Referring more particularly to the draw ings wherein for purpose of illustration vis shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, 10 indicates generally a shirt of the front opening type to the neck opening of which is secured the neck band 11.

The neck bands generally comprise. a plurality of plies of textile material which are generally stitched together from end to end and secured at their lower edges to the neck opening.

In my invention the neck bandsmay comprise any suitable number of plies of material, but in the present instance I use two plies 11 and' 12, one feature ofv the band being that one end has furcations 13 and 14 provided with horizontally elongated button holes. AThe inner furcation 13 maybe developed by stitching the lower edges of the plies 11 and 12 from end kto end, but the stitching of the upper edges will begin at a point 15 some distance'within from the end and then extend entirely around to the other end of the band. v Y

If the band is of single ply the end will be split to form the furcations 13 and 14.

The furcation or tang 13 is preferably shorter than the furcation or tang 14, that is, its free end terminates short of the end of furcation or tang 14 this disposition permitting a better fit at the front of the neck, as the overlapped ends of the band will notv present a thick and hunched up assembly,

In the yconstructioi'i hereinbefore mentioned in which the lower edge of furcation or tang 13 is stitched to the other furcation and to the shirt neck, an open top and end pocket. will be formed in which the back of the collar button will be held.

As before stated these furcations 13 and 14 are provided with the usual horizontally elongated button holes 16 and 17 but these respective openings are not r`in complete alinement with each other, but are oifset from each other; that is, hole 16 is set in quite a distance from the end of furcation 13, while the hole 17 is adjacent the end of member14. By this arrangement when the two furcations mentioned are brought together as in use the button holes 16 and 17 do not register perfectly, their ends only overlapping to the extent of substantially the thickness of. the post of the ordinary collar button. By this specific non-alinement and overlapping end relation of lthe button holes an essential feature of my in- ,vention is securede llO As before stated thev shirt isof the conventional `front opening type, and 'such shirts have the buttons located adjacent the inner' edge of the right half 1 of the shirt front, and the button holes along the corresponding edge of the left half of the shirt front; my improvement is applied to the neck band at its right hand end, as clearly shown in Figure 1, the left end of the neck band having the horizontal button hole 18.

To `utilize my invention with shirts already manufactured it is simply necessary to take a strip of material corresponding to urcation 13, provide it With the longitudinal button hole and 'rigidly secure it at its inner end to the inner face of the band v11; the upper edge should be left free and un connected With the band, and the lower edge may be left free or connected to the band according to choice.

The operation of the invent-ion is 'as follotvs: The collar button 19 of the ordinary solid post type or any type desiredis placed in one of the button holes at the .right hand end of the neck band: if it is desired to make the neck band, say a 16 inch band the collar button is placed through the inside button hole, that is button hole 16 and then through 4button hole 17; as the inside' button hole is so disposed as to make the band meausre 16 inches, this relative arrangement of button and button hole causes the post of the collar button to be drawn into the end of the button hole 16, such dis'- the outer furcation having a collar button hole adjacent its freel end and the inner furcation having a collar button opening inset from its free end, whereby the said button holes of the furcations are out of register but overlap, the outer urcation being stitched to the shirt throughout the extent of the band.

2. ,A neck band 'for front opening shirts comprising a continuous strip composed of a plurality of plies of material having the usual collar button opening at one end, the other end divided to provide an inner and an outer u'rcation, said furcations presenting olset and opposite end overlapping elongated collar button openings, the inner 'u'rcation being of less length than the outer furcation, ,whereby to prevent bunching of material and provide a better fit at the front of the neck.

JAMES HENRY RYAN. i 

